Deal | This budget Acer gaming laptop deal offers a balanced performer with a $150 discount in tow

Navigating today's gaming laptop market is a tricky thing to do given the plethora of options available to you as an end user. This is especially confusing at the entry-level tier where hundreds of options vie for your attention in the $500 to $1000 segment.

The Acer Nitro V lineup has one of the more prominent options one sees being offered at a post-discount price of just under $700 when it comes to budget-friendly gaming laptops, offering a powerful 10-core, 16 thread Intel Core i7-13620H CPU. The Acer Nitro V ANV15-51-73B9 offers this in addition to the entry-level RTX 4050 Laptop GPU that should easily handle most, if not all of one's esports title needs with ease, at least on the laptop's FHD display at medium or high presets.

Storage and Memory

With 16GB of fast DDR5 RAM in tow in addition to a somewhat smaller 512GB SSD (relative to modern titles and their storage needs), the Nitro V is more than adequate for most entry-level gaming needs as well productivity tasks including those that need a GPU such as photo and video editing for example.

Upgradability and Value Proposition

For users needing more space or feeling constrained by the memory option, the laptop allows for upgradability, offering support for at least 32GB of RAM and dual M2 slots. The laptop also comes with a 3 month PC Game Pass voucher ($36 value pro-rated), making it a rather cost effective purchase in addition to the 18% discount ($150) that it currently costs on Amazon.

Performance Limitations and Alternatives

Modern gaming laptops sacrifice power, upgradability and performance to allow for portability. It can also be equally challenging to keep up with nomenclature in terms of mobile CPUs and GPUs that are often nowhere close to their desktop equivalents in terms of raw performance.

This means that gaming laptops are nearly always limited by the CPU and GPU they ship with and can not be easily upgraded. Users wanting a beefier GPU while staying on a budget might want to consider the Asus ROG Strix G16 gaming laptop (Model: G614JV-AS74) that is currently being offered at an 18% discount on Amazon, clocking in at just under $1150.

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